Social Media

Midlothian ISD Social Media Rules of Engagement

Midlothian ISD maintains a social media presence (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) for the benefit of the District community, provided by the Midlothian ISD Communications Department. We will update these sites periodically to share important information about MISD and the achievements of the students and staff, as well as other relevant District community information.

Midlothian ISD site administrators monitor the posting of comments and other information on the District’s websites and social media accounts and have the ultimate discretion to determine whether the content of a posting is appropriate or inappropriate. Additionally, any post or comment on an MISD district or campus page that does not relate to the topic of the original post is subject to deletion. Comments or posts that use threatening language or profanity will be removed. 

A post or comment that is determined to be inappropriate, as further defined by these rules, shall be immediately removed by the District. The intent of this policy is to protect the privacy and rights of MISD staff and students, and to ensure that visitors to the sites are not subjected to inappropriate content. These rules are supported by MISD Board Policies GKDA (Local) and GKB (Local). Site administrators will review all postings to make sure they do not violate these rules, the District’s Acceptable Use of the District’s Electronic Communications Systems policy, and other MISD policies and rules.

A post/comment will be considered inappropriate if:

• The post does not relate to the topic of the original post;
• The post uses threatening language or profanity.
• The post threatens physical violence or is obscene, vulgar, or sexually explicit;
• The post endorses actions that endanger the health or safety of students or others;
• The post promotes illegal use of drugs, alcohol, or other controlled substances;
• The post contains untrue and potentially harmful statements about a person, otherwise identifies a specific person in a defamatory, abusive, or negative way, or violates a person’s privacy;
• The post itself violates the law or encourages others to do so or advocates imminent lawless or disruptive action and is likely to incite or produce such action; 
• The post contains hate speech or similar language that offensively attacks any group (e.g., racist, sexist, homophobic) or contains content aimed at creating hostility and violence;
• The post violates the intellectual property rights of another person (e.g., do not post all or part of a copyrighted work without the permission of the owner; do not cut and paste images or logos from the internet that may be protected by copyright or trademark rights);
• The post is an advertisement for good/services or is “spam,” i.e., repeatedly posting the same comment(s) for the purpose of advertising/promoting a service or product;
• The post promotes any other organization that may be in competition with the District (e.g., charter schools, public schools, private schools, online schools or programs); 
• The post violates federal or state law or any Board policies regarding the protection of employee or student privacy or the confidentiality of employee or student records;
• The post promotes, advocates, or electioneers for or against any candidate, measure, or political party or the post constitutes political literature (except as permitted by state law);
• There is reasonable cause to believe that posting the information will result in material and substantial disruption or interference with school activities or the rights of others.
• To protect the safety and integrity of our community, no photos or external links are permitted in comments. These cannot be vetted for appropriateness or accuracy and will be removed without notice.

Midlothian ISD is not responsible for the content posted on these sites by site visitors and does not endorse such content. The site administrators reserve the right to remove any posts at any time and for any reason.